Biodiversity conservation and forest management in European forest ecosystems under changing climate

Climate change scenario projections and forest ecosystem models provide us with the expected directions of changes in climate and outline possible impacts. Even though concrete and reliable information about future developments cannot be made, it is still possible to derive some general conclusions regarding forest management and biodiversity conservation. The current biodiversity conservation strategies are not designed to cope with changing environmental conditions, and it is urgent to include likely impacts of climate change in adaptive forest management strategies.